Mon Valley Obituaries - Volume 4

Mrs. Rose Ann Anders, 63, died
yesterday at 8:30 p.m. at her home, Union St., New Eagle.
Mrs. Anders was born in New Eagle, Dec. 3,
1898. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Monongahela.
Surviving are three sons; Vincent of Dennison,
Tex. John of North Charleroi and Kenneth of Rapid City, S. D.; a daughter,
Mrs. Edward (Eileen) Soltis, New Eagle; a brother, James McLaughlin
of Monongahela; two sisters, Mrs. James Trich of New Eagle and Margaret
McLaughlin of Pittsburgh; 11 grandchildren.
Friends will be received at Bebout and Yohe
Co. Funeral home, Monongahela, after 7 o'clock this evening

Edward A. Armsey (The Donora American - Friday March 1,
1918)

Edward A. Armsey, aged 40 years, died at the
home of his brother-in-law, Dr. P. A. Ley, February 26th at 7 a.m.
Mr. Armsey had returned recently from a business trip to Oklahoma for the
Donora Southern Railway and immediately took ill. He was taken to
the home of Dr. P. A. Ley where he was compelled to remain. Funeral
services were conducted this morning at 8:30 o’clock by Rev. Henry Geibel
at the St. Charles Church. Interment was made in St. Domenic’s Cemetery.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth Armsey and three children, John, Fred and
Mary.

Benjamin F. Beazell, D. D., resident of Rostraver
Township and noted divine of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his
home Tuesday morning June 1st, at 10 o’clock, after an illness of several
months duration. Funeral services will be held at Fell’s church this
(Friday) afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
Benjamin F. Beazell was born in Webster February
7, 1844, the son of Benjamin Fell Beazell and grandson of Benjamin Fell,
who settled in Rostraver township in 1876 ad who built Fell’s church, the
second of the Methodist Episcopal denomination west of the Alleghenies.
Dr. Beazell served in the Civil War and was graduated from Allegheny college
in 1868. In 1869 he was admitted to the Pittsburgh conference and
served as pastor of churches in Woodsfield, St. Clairsville, Mt. union
and Wiloughby, Ohio, Latrobe, Pa, Oakland, St. Paul and North End, Pittsburgh.
For six years Dr. Beazell was presiding elder
of the Pittsburgh district. He wrote extensively for the periodicals
of the church and was not only a preacher of eloquence, but also an executive
of unusual ability.
He is survived by Mrs. Beazell, who was Miss Amelia
Lyon , of Pennsville Pa., and three children: Mrs. Edna B. Harter, of South
Pasadena, Cal., W. P. Beazell, of the editorial staff of the New
York World, and B. F. Beazell Jr.

WILLIAM BUCKHOLT (Valley Independent - March 30, 1962)

William Buckholt, 57, of 513 Liberty Ave.,
North Charleroi, died in the West Penn
Hospital, Pittsburgh today at 4 a.m..
He was born in Toronto, Ohio, Jan.. 10, 1905,
the son of Charles and Christina Allen
Buckholt. He was employed at the Allenport plant of the Pittsburgh
Steel Co.,
He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church
of Charleroi and was an honorary member of
the Charleroi Fire Dept.
Survivors are his widow, Grace Goshorn Buckholt,
one son, Sgt. William G. Buckholt,
stationed in Albuquerque, NM, with the U.S. Army; one daughter,
Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth)
Berton, Canonsburg, one brother, James R. Buckholt, a sister,
Mrs. Edward Dopler,
Charleroi, and two grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Harold
L. Schrock Funeral Home, Charleroi, after 7 ~.m.,
Saturday.

MRS. LENA WEAVER BUSH (Valley Independent - March 30,
1962)

Mrs. Lena Weaver Bush, 86, of Bentleyville,
died yesterday at 1:50 a.m. at the Pine Lawn Nursing home in Houston.
She was born April 12, 1875, in Coal Center.
Mrs. Bush was a charter member of the Daughters
of American Pioneers, Bentleyville, and a member of the Bentleyville Presbyterian
Church, the Mon Valley Daughters of the American, Revolution, the Daughters
of Union Veterans, Washington, Ginger Hill Grange and the American Legion
Auxiliary of Monongahela.
Her husband, Harry L. Bush, preceded her in
death, March 21, 1956.
Surviving are one son, Weaver L. Bush of Ashland,
Mass.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the John B. Greenlee
Funeral home, 503 Washington St.,
Bentleyville, after 7 p.m. today.

CLARE ZIMMERMAN CAMPBELL (Valley Independent - March 20,
1962)
Mrs. Clare Zimmerman Campbell, 78, of 100
Alexander Ave., Fisher Hts., Monongahela, died at her home yesterday at
6:45 p.m.
She was born in New York City, Feb. 24, 1884,
the daughter of Christian and Mary Zimmerman.
She was a member of the St. Jerome R. C. Church
of Charleroi, the Sacred Heart League, and the Catholic Daughters of America,
Punxsutawney.
Preceded in death by her husband, Nicholas
J. Campbell, she is survived by three sons, Atty. Nicholas J. Campbell,
New York City, Francis W., Mt. Lebanon and the Rev. Gerard J. Campbell,
S. J. Baltimore, Md., one daughter Mrs. Paul E. (Margaret) Norton, Fisher
Hts., one sister, Mrs.Frank X. (Marie) Bucheit, St. Mary’s, Pa., and seven
grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Francis C/
Slezak Funeral Home, Charleroi.

Mrs. Mary Ann Carlysle, aged 78, died at 5 o¹clock
Friday morning, April 8, 1938 at her home in 503 Fifth avenue, Brownsville,
after a brief illness. She was the widow of Wilson W. Carlysle and
a lifelong resident of Brownsville.
Mrs. Carlysle was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
Hurst of Brownsville. Surviving are the following children: Mrs.
W.K. Thompson, Brownsville; Mrs. Frank Sproull, Springdale; Mrs. Benjamin
Gambill, Wellsburg, W. Va.; Frank L of Wilkinsburg; James R of Washington
D.C.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Ross Funeral
Home in Brownsville where funeral services will be conducted at 3 o¹clock
Sunday afternoon.
Reverend Maurice P. McKay, pastor of the Donora
St. John¹s Episcopal church will be in charge. Burial will follow
in Redstone Cemetery.

Wilson Carlysle of Brownsville, died Wednesday afternoon.
July 3, 1929, at 2 o¹clock in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Benjamin
Gambill of Steubenville, Ohio, after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon
at 2:30 o¹clock in the Christ Episcopal church, Brownsville, with
the Rev. J. Phillip Jung officiating. Burial will be in Redstone
cemetery.
Mr. Carlysle is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Carlysle; three daughters, Mrs. Benjamin Gambill, Mrs. W. K. Thompson of
South Brownsville, Mrs. Frank Sproull of Uniontown, and two sons, James
Carlysle of Brownsville and Frank Carlysle of Pittsburgh.

Jeannette Nelson Carson Jeannette Nelson Carson, 78, of Monongahela
R. D. 2. Carroll Twp., died Saturday, Dec. 25, 1976 at 11:30 p.m.. at her
home. She had been ill the past five years.
Born in Fallowfleld Twp. on Dec. 17, 1898,
she was a daughter of the late William James and Rosalie Colvln Nelson.
Mrs. Carson lived in this area all her life.
She belonged to the First United Methodist Church of Monongahela, was a
member of the Joy Bearers Sunday School Class of the church. She
was a 50-year member of the Ladles Welfare Club of Fallowfield Twp. and
also belonged to the Fallowfield Twp. Grange.
She is survived by her husband, J Glenn Carson,
to whom she was married for 55 years; One daughter, Mrs. Charles (Rose
Mary) Hancock of Bentleyville R D 1, two sons, J. Donald Carson of Monongahela
and J Eugene Carson of Charleroi R.D. 1; 10 grandchildren and five
great grandchildren
Friends will be received at the L M Frye Funeral
Home Monongahela, after 7 p m today
Michael Cesovski (Valley Independent April 17, 1976)

Michael Cesovski Sr., 80, of 1432 Maple Ave.;
Monessen, died yesterday at 1:30 p.m. in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley
Hospital following an illness of several months.
He was born Oct. 9, 1895, in Galicia,
Ukraine and had resided in Monessen most of his life. Mr. Cesovski was
a retired employee of the Wire Mill Department at the Monessen Plant of
Wheeling - Pittsburgh Steel Corp since 1959. He was a member. of
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Monessen and Ukrainian
Political and Beneficial Association.
He was preceded in death by a son. Cpl. George
Cesovski, in December, l951.
He is survived by his widow, Julia Slivka
Cesovski; two sons, Michael Cesovski Jr. of Monessen, and John J.
Cesovski, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Andrew (Helen)
Karch of Donora and Mrs. Richard (Betty) Gardner of Monessen; four grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the Robert
A. Billick Funeral Home in Monessen from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 p.m.
and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.

"Peter Augustine Clintner, pioneer resident of this city [McKeesport],
passed away at his home, 539 West Fifth Avenue, at 4:30 this morning
[1-1-1926]. Death was due to hardening of the arteries. He had been
ill for two weeks. Mr. Clintner was one of the best known residents
of this district and had lived in this city and Dravosburgh (sic)
all his life. He was 78 years old. For many years he had been engaged
in the stone contracting business but had retired from that business
some time ago. His wife, Mrs. Sophia Clintner, died two years ago.
Surviving him are the following: four sons, John and Michael of Glassport;
Charles at home, and Peter of this city; two daughters, Mrs. John
Lang of McKees Rocks and Mrs. Daniel C. Boteler at home; one brother,
Frank W. Clintner of Dravosburg; three sisters, Anna Clintner of
Dravosburg, Mary Hollihan of Dravosburg and Mrs. J. F. Gannon of
this city; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral services
will be held from St. Peter's R.C. Church Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock
with Rev. P.J. O'Connor officiating. Interment will be in old St.
Joseph's Cemetery."

Sophia WEYEL CLINTNER (Contributed by Cora
Ott)
In the McKeesport Daily News of September 20, 1923:

Mrs. Peter N. [sic] Clintner: Sophia CLintner, aged
74 years, wife of Peter N. [sic] Clintner of 539 ...* Fifth Avenue,
died last evening at 6 o'clock at the family home after an illness
of three months from *...e [chronic] nephritis. Mrs. Clintner
was born in Germany, but had resided in *...lty and in Dravosburg
for the past *...0 years, and was well and favorably known.
Besides her husband, she is survived by four sons and
two daughters, John W. Clintner of Glassport; Charles J., Michael
and Peter Clintner at home; Mrs. John Lang of *...s Rocks [McKees
Rocks ?] and Mrs. Daniel Boatner [sic] of Atlanta, GA.; also by four
brothers and one sister, Ferdinand *... of Monongahela City; John
*... of Coal Valley; William Weyel of *...staburg, [Saltsburg?],
PA. and George Weyel and Mrs. John Evans of Dravosburg, PA. and by
seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral services
will be held Saturday morning at 9am with a solemn high mass of ...
at St. Peter's R.C. Church. Interment will be in old St. Joseph's
Cemetery.
[* ... indicates unreadable areas.]

W. B. CLYMER (From The Monessen Independent Nov. 11, 1902)

W. B. CLYMER DEAD.
One if Monessen’s Leading Citizens Passes Away

W. B. Clymer, a prominent contractor of this city, who has been
battling for life for the past three weeks with a severe attack of typhoid
fever, succumbed to the ravages of that dread disease at his home on Reed
avenue, this morning at 12:30 o’clock. Mr. Clymer was in the 33rd
year of his age and leaves a wife and four children, besides his mother,
brother and four children to mourn their loss.
He was born and raised in Garardford, Green county, where he
spent most of his life until coming to this city three years ago.
On October 21, 1891 he was happily united in marriage to Miss
Gerty Mauer, to which union there was added four children Russell, aged
10 years past; Raymond, aged 8; Blanche, aged 5 and Alma, aged 2 years.
Mr. Clymer had a host of friends and was well and favorably known.
He was prominent in lodge circles and a member of Monessen lodge, Royal
Arcanuin, in which he carried insurance.
The sympathy of the community is extended to the family and
Mrs. Clymer in their sad bereavement.
Funeral services will take place from his late home at 11 o’clock
a. m., Thursday, interment at Belle Vernon cemetery.

MRS. CATHERINE CONAWAY (Valley Independent - April 5,
1962)
Mrs. Catherine Conaway, 80, formerly
of Coal Center and Donora, died at 4 a.m. yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio,
after a lingering illness.
She was born in East Pike Run Twp. Nov
28, 1872. She was a member of St. Charles R. C. church,
Donora.
Surviving are three sons, John, Detroit,
Mich., Bryan, Cleveland, Ohio and Robert, California; one daughter, Mrs.
Bess McCue, Donora; 14 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild,
Friends will be received at James A.
Rabe Funeral Home, Donora,, from 7 to 10 p.m. today and from 1 to
5 and 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow,

Mrs. Margaret Copeland died this morning a 3 o'clock at
her home in Versailles township, near the pike. She had been
in poor health for some time, suffering from a complication of ailments.
She formerly resided at Boston, PA. and was well known in this city.
Mrs. Copeland was 63 years old and leaves a family of
ten children, namely, Mrs. William Fleming, Mrs. Adam Sterner, Joseph
and Abner Copeland, Mrs. Amanda Young, Mrs. Patrick Lamb, Mrs. David
Serena, Mrs. Walter Jury, Frances and Thomas Copeland.
The funeral will take place Monday afternoon; interment
at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Anna L. Corwin (The Donora American - Friday March
1, 1918)

Mrs. Anna L. Corwin, aged about 38 years, wife
of Dennis Corwin of Huston Run, died at the Mercy Hospital, February 23d
at 6:30 a. m. The body was brought to her late home Saturday evening
where funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Church of Transfiguration,
conducted by Father Walsh. Interment was made in the Calvary Cemetery.

RENA McKEEVER DAUGHERTY (Valley Independent - April
2, 1962)
Mrs. Rena McKeever Daugherty Of 419 Graham
St., Belle Vernon, died in the Charleroi Monessen Hospital, Saturday
at 6:40 p.m.
She was born in Rostraver Township, Jan.11,
1893, and had resided In Belle Vernon over 30 years.
She is survived: by two sons, William R. of Fontana, Calif., Charles
E., Monessen, one daughter, Mrs. Bernadine Fitzgerald, Detroit, Mich.;
three brothers, Lewis of Belle Vernon, Walter of Mansfield, Ohio, and Robert
McKeever, Belle Vernon, three sisters, Mrs. George (Martha) Sauers,
Monrovia, Calif., Mrs. Adam (Inez) Walters, Arlington, Va., and Mrs. Irwin
(Janet) Maple, Coraopolis. Nine grand-children and six great grandchildren
also survive.
Friends will be received at the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home, Belle Vernon.

RICHARD DAWSON (Valley Independent - April 1962)
Richard Dawson 70, Fallowfleld Ave., Charleroi,
died today at 3:55 a.m. in Charleroi Monessen
Hospital after suffering a heart attack
He was born in Nelsonville, Ohio, May 18, 1891.
Surviving are his widow, Mary Tolan Dawson; one
son, Clarence of Monongahela: one daughter, Charlotte at home: one sister,
Mrs. Anna Lax of' Brilliant, Ohio; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral home in Fayette City.

Clifford O. Donaldson (Valley Independent April 17, 1976)

Clifford O. Donaldson, 68, of 224 Liberty
Ave., Belle Vernon, died yesterday at 4:20 p.m. at Eye and
Ear Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a long illness.
He was born in Vesta on Sept 16 1907, a son
of the late James N. and Edith Dale Donaldson;
Mr. Donaldson was a member
of Charleroi Elks Lodge 494 and Garibaldi Lodge of Dunlevy. He is
a past secretary treasurer of Boy Scout Troop 1561 in Fairhope. A
former resident of Dunlevy, Mr. Donaldson had lived in Belle Vernon the
past 17 years. He retired six years ago from the Allenport Plant of Wheeling
Pittsburgh Steel Corp. .
Preceding him in death were two sons, Clifford
in 1947 and Clifton in 1960.
Survivors include his wife, Rite Bieneman
Donaldson; two sons, James A. and Michael A., both at home; two daughters,
Mrs. Gary (Edith) Cooper of Charleroi R.D. 2 and Mary B at home;
a brother, James F Donaldson of Bridgeville; and four grandchildren
Friends will be received at the Shelby D.
Ferguson Funeral Home, 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, today from 7 to 9
p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Stephen Doyle, 72, husband of Catherine Doyle, of Camden Heights, Mifflin
Township, died today at 5 a.m. in a Pittsburgh Hospital. Death was
caused by cerebral thrombosis and following a lingering illness.
He was a member of Council No. 141, Junior O. U. A. M.
Surviving beside his wife is one son, George F. Doyle
of Camden Heights and the following brothers and sister: John and Charles
Doyle of McKeesport, Alexander Doyle of Dravosburg and Mrs. May Gilzhiser
of McKeesport.
He was born in Webster, Pa., July 31, 1854.
Friends will be received at the home of his son, George
P. Doyle, Camden Heights, Mifflin Township, until Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
at which time funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Francis I.
Woollett. Burial will follow in Versailles Cemetery.

Source: McKeesport Daily News, January 20, 1937, page 21

Wilford Duvall Wilford Duvall of 604 Bow St., Stockdale;
died in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital yesterday at 11:45a.m.
He was 54.
Born in Elco on June 30, 1921, he was a son
of Oliver and Louisa Conaway Duvall.
He served in the U. S. Navy during Worid War
II and was a member of the John F. Kennedy American Legion Post, California.
Mr. Duvall worked-in the automatic ate' finishing
:'department o~. the Allenport Plant 'of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
He is survived by his widow, Kleo Shaffer
Duvall; one-son, Charles Edward Duvall of Duluth Minn.; one daughter, Mrs.
Henry (Claudia) Voelk Duluth, Minn.; his mother, Mrs. Louisa DuvalI
of Bentleyville R. D. 1; two brothers, Clifford Duvall of Elizabeth R.
D 3 and Clell Duvall all of Speers Hill, Charleroi four sisters, Mrs. Claude
(Blanche) Nutt of Fayette City, Mrs. Victor (Ruth) Vernallis
of Zephyrhills, Fla., .Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Stewart of Stroall Acres,
Roscoe and Mrs. Thomas (Nola) Trader of Bentleyville R. D. 1, and three
grandchildren.

Annie Fawcett Frazier (From The Monessen Independent
March 23, 1903)
Annie, wife of Robert F. Frazier, died at
their home in Belle Vernon, this morning at 8:30 o’clock of consumption
of the bowels, aged 41 years.
Deceased was a daughter of Thomas and
Sara Fawcett, being born about a mile back of Belle Vernon in 1862, and
spent her entire life in that locality. In 1882, she was married
to Robert F. Frazier and the union was blessed with seven children, five
sons and two daughters. She was a lifelong, consistent and active
member and worker in the Christian Church and there her loss will be felt
equally as much, if that is possible, as it will be about the home and
**ireside. deceased leaves a husband, seven children, and the following
brothers and sisters; William R. and Miss Celia, of Monessen; Mrs. John
Sap, Donora and Mrs. Archie Baldwin, of ___ Belle Vernon. The funeral
will take place at 10 o’clock Wednesday, in Belle Vernon cemetery.

(Directly below the obit was this notice:)
NOTICE. Owing to the death of my sister, my store will remain
closed until Wednesday evening. - W. R. Fawcett.

Samuel Hamer Samuel Hamer of Fayette City R.D. I died Wednesday,
May 14, at 6:35 p.m. in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, as a result
of injuries sustained in an auto accident on April 27 on Route 51 at its
intersection with Independence Street in Perryopolis.
He was 85.
Mr. Hamer was born March 7, 1901, in Washington
Township, Fayette County, a son of the late Samuel and Mary Anna Osborne
Hamer.
He was a member of Fayette City Christian
Church.
A retired coal miner, Mr. Hamer was a member
of the United Mine Workers of America.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Auther
Hamer; three sons, Kenneth of Fayette City R.D. 1. Delbert Lee of Fayette
City and Samuel of Fayette City R.D. 1; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Lee
(Phyllis) Robbins of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Allen (Mary) Morgan of Fayette
City R.D. 1; 17 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Frank. of St. Louis, Mo., and Harry of Pittsburgh; and two sisters,
Mrs. Eugene (Sara) Johnson of Fayette City R.D. 1 and Mrs. Clem (Celia)
Swantek of Perryopolis.
Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to
9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Howard. W. McCrory
Funeral Home, Fayette City.

Jacob F. Hannan (Donora American - June 21, 1915)

WELL KNOWN COAL CENTRE MAN DIES
Jacob F. Hannan, aged 72 years, died at his
home at Coal Centre Sunday evening at eleven o’clock from a complication
of diseases. Mr. Hannan had been a lifelong resident of Coal Centre
and is a well known and highly respected citizen of the community.
He had been in failing health for some time. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. J. F. Hannan, two daughters, Mrs. James Pepper of California
and Mrs. Iva Campbell at home and two sons, Hannan Hannan and Henry Hannan
both of Charleroi. One sister, Mrs. Jane Stroud, of Charleroi and
three brothers, John Hannan of Ohio, Hiram Hannan, of Maple Creek and Henry
Hannan of Coal Centre also survive. He was a member of the Free and
Accepted Masons and the First Christian church of California. Funeral
services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the late
home, by Rev. E. N. Duty, pastor of the First Christian church of Charleroi.
Interment will be in Howes cemetery.

Glenn G. Herron Glenn G. Herron, 65, of Coal Center R.D. 1,
Long Branch Borough, died Monday, Jan. 9, 1989, at 7:55 p.m. in Mon Valley
Hospital.
He was born Sept. 1, 1923, in Long Branch.
Mr. Herron was a member of the Mt. Tabor United
Methodist Church.
A lifelong resident of Long Branch, he was
also a member of the Long Branch Grange.
He was preceded in death by his father, William
Henry Herron, on Sept. 11 , 1973, and his mother, Marjory Ruth Phillips
Herron, on May 20, 1956.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Robert (Genevieve)
Morton of Coal Center, with whom he made his home for the last 15 years,
Mrs. Walter (Mary Eleanor) Rockwell Jr. of Carroll Twp. and Mrs. James
(Norva) Lewis of Belle Vernon; one brother, Harold Herron Sr. of Charleroi;
and many nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received today from 7 to 9
p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral
Home Inc., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon.

Bert M. Irwin Died at Nine Thirty This Morning.
This morning at 9:30, City Engineer Bert M.
Irwin, who has been lying at death’s door for some time, quietly passed
into the great beyond.
Bert M. Irwin was born at Sunnyside, Allegheny
County, Pa., where he grew to manhood and where he received a common school
education. He afterward attended the academy at Monongahela City
from which institution he was graduated in 1894.
Following this, Mr. Irwin taught school in
his native town for several years and then entered the Normal University
at Ada, Ohio. Here in 1899 he graduated in the Civil Engineering
department with the highest honors of his class.
On completing his education at Ada, Ohio,
he came directly to Monessen and has ever since taken an active part in
the public affairs and has been prominently identified with the growth
and progress of our city. He was civil engineer of the borough of
Monessen at the time of his death, which position he has filled with credit
to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. Mr. Irwin was also
engineer of the East Side Land company and had extensive interests in Monessen.
He was a young man of sterling qualities and his wide circle of friends
will be pained to learn of his early demise.
On September 10, Bert M. Irwin and Miss Margaret
Wiggins were united in marriage at the home of the brides parents in Fayette
County and the two started out in life with all promise of a brilliant
and useful career, but in the midst of life we__ in death.
and He who doeth all things for the best, saw fit to separate their union.
Besides a wife, Mr. Irwin leaves a mother, two sisters and five brothers
to mourn his loss. Deceased was a constant member of the U. B. church
at Elizabeth. Up until the time of going to press the funeral arrangements
had nt been made.

Mrs. Matilda (Tillie) Jane Martin Jenkins, 83, of Conneaut Lake, Geneva,
died yesterday in Meadville City Hospital. Born in Brownsville, Feb.
27, 1891, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Mary E. Meese Hertzog.
A former Clairton resident, she was a member of First Christian Church
of Meadville.
Widow of William Jenkins, she is survived by daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sargent of Clairton, Mrs. Emma Carr of Meadville and Mrs.
Lida Marin of Geneva; sons, LeRoy Martin of Port Vue, Willard Martin of
Elizabeth Twp., Wallace Martin of Jamestown and George Martin of Clairton;
stepdaughters, Mrs. Martha Yoder and Mrs. Ines Phillips of Brownsville;
21 grandchildren; 49 great grandchildren; and 18 great great grandchildren.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2
to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the John F. Matz Funeral Home, Clairton.
Services will be conducted there Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. by the Rev. E.L.
Russell and burial will be in Round Hill Cemetery.

Source: McKeesport Daily News, November 7, 1974

[NOTE from contributor: Error above - Her given name was 'Tillie'
not Matilda.]

Obituary, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Monday, January 13, 1930, Pg 22.
JOHNSTON - On Saturday, January 11, 1930 at 9:10 p.m., Mary
W. Johnston (nee Hall), wife of the late James W. Johnston of Venice, Washington
County, Pa., in her 78th year. Funeral services at the home of her daughter,
Mrs C. A.
Stewart, 200 Dilworth Street, Mt. Washington, on Tuesday, January 14,
at 3 p.m.. Services on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Venice United Presbyterian
Church. Interment in Venice Cemetery. (Canonsburg and McDonald papers
please copy)

Walter Jones Jr. Walter Blaine (Smokey) Jones Jr.,
58, of Coal Center R.D. 1, died at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh Tuesday,
Jan. 10, 1989, at 11:09 p.m.
He was born in Alicia, Pa., near Fayette
City, on May 1, 1930, a Son Of the late Walter and Mildred Roberts Jones
Sr.
Mr. Jones was employed by the Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Steel Corporation, Allenport division, in the Shipping department. He was
Protestant by faith.
Mr. Jones was former secretary at the
Roscoe Moose Lodge and belonged to the following groups: F & AM of
Fayette City, Elks Lodge. No. 0494 of Charleroi, Fraternal Order of Eagles
of Monessen and the Slovak clubs of Monessen and Roscoe.
He is survived by a wife, Thelma Grimes
Jones; a daughter, Linda, at home; a granddaughter, Nicki, at home; a stepmother,
Alma Jones of California, Pa.; a brother, Frank Jones of Uniontown; and
three sisters, Irene Bohn of Indiana, Gloria O'Patken of Ohio and Sharon
Matheaiu of Charleroi.
Friends will be received at the John
E. Greenlief Funeral Home, Fourth and Wood streets, California, Pa;, on
Thursday from 2, to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Paul J. Jordan, 31, of 129 Maple S., Muse, died yesterday in Jefferson
Center. A former area resident, he was a graduate of Elizabeth-Forward
High School, attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania and was a member
of Bible Baptist Temple in Jefferson where he was active in church music
and served as a Sunday School teacher.

Son of the Rev. Glenn R. and Thelma claire Stewart Jordan of Jefferson,
he was born in Emporia, Kan. July 10. 1951. In addition to his parents,
he is survived by his widow, Diana Bushmire Jordan, daughters Rebecca Jean
of Port Charlotte, Fla and Melissa Lee at home, sisters Judith Samuelson
and Beth Sprankle of Lynchburg, Va., Ruth Wong of Berea, KY., and Mary
Piatt of Old Mystic, Conn., and brothers John Jordan of Oak Ridge, Tenn.
and Roger of Marysville, Ohio.

Friends will be received from noon to 9 pm tomorrow in the Paul E. Bekavac
Funeral Home, Wlizabeth. Service will be conducted Monday at noon in the
Bible Baptist Temple by Pastor John Smith. Burial will be in Round Hill
Cemetery. The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Drug and
Alcohol Abuse Program at Jefferson Center Shout Hills Health System.

Pearl Kafkalas, mother of general Pearl Burk Kafkalas of. Harrisburg died Saturday
in Blue Ridge Haven Convalescent Home East,. Harrisburg. She was 86.
Mrs. Kafkalas was born In Marionette Wis.,
on Feb 25 1897, and was a resident of Monessen from 1919 until
l977.
She was a member of St. Paul: Lutheran Church
Monessen.
She was preceded in death by her husband,.
Peter N. Kafkalas, on March 12, 1959.
Survivors Include from a son. Lt. Gen. Nicholas
P. Kafkalas (PNG-retired), Camp Hill, a daughter, Mrs. Frank
(Anne) Kanes Of Bayside, NY; two grandchildren,. Capt. Peter N Kafkalas,
U.S. Army, Boston Mass and Ellen Ann Kafkakas Cedar Crest College,
Allentown; Three grandchildren; Christina, Jennifer, and Nicholas
Friends will be received at the
Rhome Funeral Home, Inc., 1209 Grand Blvd.,Monessen, on Tuesday from
7-9 p.m.

Lawrence A. Kibler (Valley Independent - April 12,
1962)
Lawrence A. Kibler, 47. of 1015 Lincoln Ave.,
Charleroi, died in Charleroi - Monessen
Hospital at 2:40 p.m.. yesterday, April 11.
He was born in North Charleroi on June 10, 1915 the son of James J.
and Sarah Ann
McClelland Kibler. Mr. Kibler was a member of the First Christian Church
of Charleroi and the
Third St. French Club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Masten Phillips Kibler, three
sons, Lawrence Jr., John
and Robert Kibler, and one daughter Pauline Kibler, at home; two stepsons
James Phillips and
Johnson Phillips at home and two sisters, Mrs. Goldier Kibler Thomas
of Brownsville and Mrs.
Verda Kibler Weaver of Fisher Heights.
Friends will be received at the Schrock Funeral Home, 226 Fallowfield
Ave., Charleroi.
during the, hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10. Services will be held in tile
Funeral home on Saturday,
April 14 at 4 pm. with Rev. W S. VanArsdale, Jr., of the First
Christian Church officiating.

GEORGE KOEHLER (Valley Independent - March
20, 1962)
George Koehler, 87, of 709 Liberty Ave., North Charleroi, died
in the Washington Hospital, yesterday at 11 a.m.
He was born in Germany, Nov. 14, 1874.
He was a former resident of Carrick and was a member of the
Literary Social Association there.
Survivors are two brothers, Michael of Homestead and Nicholas
Koehler of Philadelphia, one sister, Mrs. Julia Roxberry, North Charleroi.
Friends will be received at the Harold L. Schrock Funeral
home, 226 Fallowfield Ave.,
Charleroi.

MRS. ANNA KUVINKA (Valley Independent - April 13,
1962)
Mrs. Anna Kuvinka, 76, mother of Monessen Police Chief Michael Kuvinka,
died yesterday at
2:45 p.m. at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
Mrs. Kuvinka, who resided at 916 Schoonmaker Ave., Monessen, lived
in Monessen the past 46
years. At one time, Mrs. Kuvinka and, her husband, John, who died in
1959, operated a grocery
store at the Schoonmaker Ave. address.
Mrs. Kuvinka was a member of St. John The Divine Russian
Orthodox Church, St. John Ladies
Altar Guild and United Russian Orthodox Brotherhood of American
Ladies Lodge 4.
Besides son Michael, Mrs. Kuvinka is survived by four other sons,
John of Yonkers, N Y,
Andrew of Monessen, Paul of North Charleroi, and George of California;
one daughter, Mrs.
Edward (Anne) Roberts at home, 16 grand children and eight great grandchildren,
a brother and
sister, both in Europe.
Friends are being received at Check’s Home for Funerals,
Monessen from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10
p.m.

Phillip Anthony Lopresti, Jr., infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Phiilip Anthony Lopresti, Sr., of 614 Oneida St., Monessen,
died Saturday at 6:02 p.m., several minutes after birth.
Besides his parents he is survived by his paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lopresti of Monessen, and maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brandeburg of Charleroi.
Funeral services were held today at 1 p.m. at the
R. A. Billick Fineral Home in Monessen with the Very Rev. Nunzlo Pirulli,
pastor of St. Cajetan R. C. Church, Monessen, officiating. interment followed
in Grandview Cemetery, Monessen.

Orpheus Alonzo Lynch, 81, died this morning at 12:20 o'clock at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Stephen Doyle, 10 Richland Avenue, Dravosburg,
with whom he made his home. He was born on February 13, 1950, in
the former borough of Reynoldton, the son of the late Nelson and Mary M.
Kuntz-Lynch. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Katherine Lynch.
Surviving are four sons and three daughters, William Lynch
of Maringo, Iowa; Nelson J. Lynch of Pittsburgh; John Lynch of Steubenville,
Oh; Samuel Lynch of Hollidays Cove, W. Va; Mrs. Neil Carrick and Mrs. Margaret
Connors, both of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Stephen Doyle of Dravosburg; by 20
grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren; also by three sisters, Mrs. Margaret
Huhiur (sic) and Mrs. Jefferson Bradley, both of Donora and Mrs. Laura
Dickey of Monongahela.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock
at St. Peter's R.C. church in charge of Rev. P. J. O'Connor. Interment
will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Elizaeth.

Source: The McKeesport Daily News, November 11, 1931

(NOTE from contributor: A smaller obituary the following day, in the
same newspaper, gave his middle name as Olonzo. The spelling
of the name was the only difference noted. )

Francis Rachel COPELAND MARKLAND (Contributed by Cora
Ott)
From the McKeesport Daily News on Feb. 3, 1947:
Mrs. Rachel Copeland MARKLAND, 77, Heckmann Rd. R.D. #1,
McKeesport, died today [Monday] at 10:30 am at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Irene Clintner of 831 Ohio Ave., Glassport.
Mrs. Markland was born on May 9, 1868 in Boston [PA.]
She is survived by her husband, William Markland; her daughter, Mrs.
Clintner; a sister, Mrs. Lydia Jury of Herminie; two grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the V. Dumas Funeral Home,
Glassport until 8:15 on Thursday. A Requiem High Mass will be celebrated
at St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, Glassport with the Rev. W. A. O'Hara
officiating."

An addenda to this obit was added the next day in the Daily News: "
... the names of two brothers, Thomas and Abner Copeland of Hartford,
Connecticut were omitted from the list of survivors ...

Services for William Markland, 94, of 3617 Sherbine Way,
White Oak were held today [Sept. 7, 1969]. Burial followed in Fairview
Cemetery, McKeesport. Arrangements were in charge of the Willig Funeral
Home. Mr. Markland died Saturday in the John J. Kane Hospital, Scott Township.
He was born Dec. 10, 1874 in Pitsburgh, a son of the late William and Anna
Markland. He was the husband of the late Rachel Frances Copeland
Markland, and his only survivors are his nieces, Mrs. Isabel Dean*
of Port Vue and Mrs. Eva Smith of McKeesport."

Leroy Fredrick Martin, 64, of 417 Pasadena Drive, Port Vue, died yesterday
at home. Born in Brownsville, Oct. 25, 1910, he was a battery foreman
in Clairton plant, U.S. Steel Corp., a member of Port Vue United Methodist
Chruch and past president of the Lost Chord Club of Pittsburgh.
Surviving are his widow, Mary Montressa (Mona) Martin;
daughters, Mrs. Mary Louise Fey of Plum and Mrs. Rose Marie Klacik of Glassport;
sons, Willard L. Martin of Lincoln Place and Merle D. of Clairton; stepdaughters,
Norma J. Laughner at home, Mrs. Phyllis Ferree of McKeesport and Mrs. Eileen
Bossi of Gales Ferry, Conn.; stepsons, Richard Laughner of Bridgeport,
Conn., Warren Laughner of McKeesport and Clyde Laughner of North Versailles
Twp.; 27 grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Sargent of Clairton, Mrs.
Emma Carr of Meadville and Mrs. Lida Marin of Geneva; and brothers, Willard
Martin of Elizabeth Twp., Wallace Martin of Jamestown, and George Martin
of Clairton.
Friends will be received after 7 p.m today in the Willig
Funeral Home. Services will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m in the
Port Vue United Methodist Church with the Rev. E. Phillip Wilson officiating.
Burial will be in Jefferson Memorial Park.

Mrs. Teresa M. Martin, 47, of 417 Pasadena Drive, Port
Vue, died today in her home.
Friends are to be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
starting tonight, in the J. Sam Whetsel Funeral Home, Clairton, where services
will be conducted by the Rev. J. Earl Reed on Friday at 2 p.m. followed
by interment in Jefferson Memorial Park.
Mrs. Martin was born Aug. 15, 1911, in Homestead, daughter
of Mrs. Jennie Lynch Doyle of Homestead and the late Stephen Doyle.
She had resided in Glassport and for the past ten years, in Port Vue, and
was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glassport.
Survivors include her husband, Leroy F. Martin; her mother;
two daughters Mrs. Mary Louise Fey of McKeesport and Miss Rose Marie Martin
at home; two sons, Willard Martin of Lincoln Place and Merle Duane Martin
at home; four grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Jean Kartalia of Homestead.

Source: McKeesport Daily News, April 8, 1959

MARTHA MASON (Valley Independent - March 30, 1962)
Martha Mason, 83, of 717 Allen Ave., Donora,
died at her home yesterday at 11:45 p.m. following a lingering illness.
Born in Abbington, Va. on July 1, 1878, she
had resided in Donora for the past 10 years. She previously lived
in Monessen.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church
of Donora.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Lottie
Washington and Mrs. Daisy Armstrong of Roanoke, Va.; two grandchildren,
Mrs. Sherman (Hazel) Ramey of Donora, and Harry Reed of Youngstown,
O.
Friends are being; received at the Percy Law
Funeral Home, 1324 Meldon Ave., Donora,
after 7 p.m. today.

A. Forrest Moreland A. Forrest Moreland, 88, of California, Pa.,
died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1989, in the Azorski Boarding Home, California.
He was born March 31, 1901, in Paraville,
Mich., a son of the late Forrest and Mae Burpee Moreland.
Mr. Moreland was a member of the Roscoe United
Methodist Church.
He had been employed as a construclion worker
and an engineer.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded
in death by his wife, Alice Latta Moreland.
Survivors includc nieces and nephews.
There will he no public visitation. A memorial
service will he held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Roscoe United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Richard Carson officiating.
Melenyzer Funeral Inc., Roscoc, is in charge
of arrangements.

MRS. RUTH HOUGH OWENS (Valley Independent - April
1962)
Mrs. Ruth Hough Owens, 64, of R. D. 1. Fayette
City, died suddenly yesterday,, 3:30 p.m., at her late home.
She was born in Fayette City, July 11,
1897, and was a member of the Fayette City Christian Church.
Surviving are her husband, William C Owens;
four daughters, Mrs. Lee (Betty) Barnes of Fayette City, Mrs. Millard (Virginia)
Book of R. D. 1, Fayette City, Mrs. Emil (Edith) Panzo and Mrs. Ellsworth
(Mary Ellen) Wilkinson, both of Belle Vernon; four sons, William James,
Robert Ewing, and Richard Aland Owens, all at home, and Herbert Negley
Owens of Fayette City. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. George (Florence)
Massey of Connellsville Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Croushore
and Mrs. James (Beatrix) Welsh, both of Belle Vernon and Mrs. Emery
Hellen) Loar of Lajunga, Calif.; three brother Herbert Hough of Cleveland,
Ohio, Negley Hough of Avon Lake, Ohio and David Hough, of Fayette
City; thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren
Friends are be received at the
Howard W. McCrory Funeral home in Fayette City.

LUCILLE PHELPS (Valley Independent - April
18, 1962)
Mrs. Lucille Phelps, 41, of Pricedale, died
in the Charleroi Monessen Hospital, Monday at 7:15 p.m. following
an illness of three days.
She was born in Wyco, W. Va., April 22, 1921, the
daughter of James and Susie Newbill.
She came to this area in 1929 from West Virginia,
and was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church of Belle Vernon.
She is survived by her by her husband Curtis Phelps,
two sons, Ronald and Henry at home, three daughters, Yvonne, Vicki and
Toni, at home, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Newbill, two brothers, Oscar
of Pricedale and Ollie Newbill, Duarte, Calif., four sisters Mrs. Grace
Cook, Pricedale, Margaret Newbill, Pittsburgh, Mrs. Estella
Reed, Monessen, and Maggie of Rochester N.Y.
Friends will be received at the William R.
Taylor Funeral Home, 87 Dawson Ave., North Charleroi.

Benjamin Phillips Benjamin David Phillips of Coal Center R.D.
1 died Saturday, June 24, 1989, in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 81.
Mr. Phillips was born Sept.26, 1907, in Charleroi,
a son of the late William and Norva Jane Crow Phillips.
He was a retired foreman at the No. 3 hot
mill in the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation 5 Allenport plant.
Mr. Phillips was a member of Mount Tahor United
Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge 461 of California, the Shriners and Pleasant
Valley Rod and Gun Club. He was a member of the board of directors of Howe
Cemetery.
In addition to his parents he was preceded
in death by a sister, Ruth Herron; two brothers, Robert and Wilbur Phillips;
and by a grandchild, Garnet Gene Cullen.
Survivors include his wife, Henrietta Watson
Phillips; three daughters, Carol Thompson of Waynesburg, Norva Gene Cullen
of Laurel, Md., and Garnet Storez of Greencastle; 11 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren; one brother, James Phillips of Long Branch; and four
sisters, Martha Clark of Barton, Fla., Alice Stockton and Janet Sedlak,
both of Long Branch, and Helen Harper of Nebraska.
Friends will be received Monday from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ed Melenyzer Funeral Homes, Inc., 1008 Furlong
Ave., Roscoe.

David J. Pierce Sr. David James Pierce Sr., 65, of Coal Center
R.D. 1, died Sunday, April 2, 1989, in Mon Valley Hospital.
He was born January 31, 1924, in Coal Center,
the son of the late Howard Harvey and Eliza Ann Wood Pierce.
He was preceed in death by two brothers, Everett
and Ernest Pierce; and two sisters, Ruth Lytl .and Elizabeth Klingensmith.
Protestant by faith, he served during World
War II in the U.S. Army 148th Combat Engineer's battalion in Germany.
He retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel's
Allenport Plant in 1983. He was employed in the oilwell tubing department.
He is survived by a son, David James Pierce
Jr. of Stockdale; a daughter, Laura Louise Tietel of Anaheim, Calif.; six
grand-children; two brothers, Howard Pierce of Flint, Mich. and Ralph Pierce
of Long Branch; three sisters, Sarah Sisley of Long Branch; Mildred Sanders
of Detroit, Mich., and Ella May Abbott of Long Branch with whom he made
his home; longtime friends, Grace Kisko and family of Brownsville; nieces
and nephews:
Friends will be received at the Ed Melenyzer
Funeral Homes Inc., 1008 Furlong Ave., Roscoe, from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday
and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Charles A. Pollock Charles A. Pollock of Coal Center RD. 1 died
at 3:30a.m. yesterday in Washington Hospital, following an illness of three
months. He was 86.
Mr. Pollock was born July 25, 1890 in California,
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pollock.
He was educated in California
schools.
Mr. Pollock was a retired store manager
for the Pittsburgh Mercantile Company. He was a member of the
California United Methodist Church and F&AM Lodge 461, California.
He is survived by a son, retired California
High School principal Strickler Lemoyne Pollock, and two grandchildren,
Mrs. Carole D. Say of Leesburg, Va., and Charles S. Pollock of New Kensington.
His wife, Jessie Duvall Pollock, is deceased.
Friends will be received today from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Caleffie and Greenlief Funeral Home, 323 Fourth
St., California, where services will be held tomorrow at 3p.m.

Mrs. Jessie D. Pollock Mrs. Jessie D. Pollock, 80, of Malden Road, California,
died at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Washington, Pa., Hospital.
She was born April 22, 1892, in East Pike Run Twp.,
a daughter of Alexander and Josephine Pester Duvall. Mrs. Pollock was a
member of the California Methodist Church and Order of Eastern Star Lodge
211, California.
Surviving are her husband, Charles A. Pollock; one
son, Strickler L. of California, principal of California Area Senior High
School; and two grandchildren.
Friends are being received from 7 to 9 p.m. this
evening in the Caleffie-Greenlief Funeral Home, California.

John Elbert Qualk John Elbert Qualk of 311. Phillips St.,
Speers, died Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.. in Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital, Inc. He was 85.
He was born Sept. 28, 1891 in Coal Center,
son of the late'. Walter and Minnie Lukar Qualk. Mr. Qualk attended
California Area Schools. He was a member of United Mine Workers of
America Local 1787, a life member of the Order of Moose in California,
and a member of Long Branch Community Grange 2072.
Mr. Qualk was a retired coal miner, having
worked in the Republic Steel Company Crescent No. 2 Mine.
Surviving are his widow Edna Montgomery
Qualk; five daughters, Mrs. Emmor (Josephine) Ames of Monongahela,
Mrs. T W (Alberta) Baker of Charleroi, Mrs. E.T. (Imogene)
Kalinoski of Virginia Beach, Va., Mrs. William (Ethel) Konik of Speers,
and Mrs. Leroy (Gale) Boyd of Fort Lauderdale Fla.; eight grandchildren
17 great-grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Mary Whetzel of Coal Center,
and two brothers Charles Qualk of Coal Center R.D. and Howard Qualk of
Atwater, Ohio.
Friends will be received today from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Caleffie-Greenlief Funeral Home, 323 Fourth
St., California.

MARTHA RELICH (Valley Independent - March 30, 1962)
Mrs. Martha Relich, 48, of 840 Hill St., Belle
Vernon, died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital, today at 5:45 a.m.
She was born in Ellsworth, Sept. 12, 1913.
She moved from Monessen to Belle Vernon nineteen
years ago, She was a member of the St. Nicholas Russian Church of Marianna
and the Ladies Aid Society of the church.
Survivors are her husband, Mark Relich, Sr.,
two sons, Mark Jr., and Robert, both at home, one brother, Alec Krupen,
Cheswick, Pa., two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Young of New Kensington and Mrs.
Verna Scopel,, Curtisville, Pa.
Friends will be received at the Shelby D.
Ferguson Funeral home, Belle Vernon, after 1 p.m., Saturday.

IRVEN S. ROCKWELL (Valley Independent - April
, 1962)
Irven S. Rockwell, a former resident of Charleroi
and North Charleroi, died yesterday morning at his home at 1107 Market
St.. Meadville, following a cerebral hemorrhage.
He was, born near Uniontown the son of Asa Miller
and Eva Sembower Rockwell. He moved to Charleroi when a young man and was
employed at the Macbeth Glass Works, now Corning Glass Works.
Years ago he operated a grocery store in North Charleroi.
He was married to Minna Dorbitz Roupe of Charleroi,
and when he and his family moved to Meadville, be followed the carpenter
trade. He retired several years ago.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Minna Rockwell,
three daughters and two sons, Mrs. William (Alverda) Kessler of South Daytona,
Fla., Mrs. Wesley (Irene) Coulter, Mrs. Donald (Edna) Buttray, Frank
Rockwell of Meadville, and Ralph Rockwell of Elizabeth, two brothers and
two sisters, Allen B. Rockwell of Mentone, Calif., Walter S. Rockwell,
Charleroi, Mrs. Elizabeth Robison of Charleroi R. D., and Mrs. Mamie
Clutter of North Charleroi.
Friends will be received at the Kennedy Funeral
home, Baldwin St., Meadville.

ELSIE CROW ROSS

Word has been received here of the death of
Elsie Crow Ross, 78, of Kingwood, W. Va., a former Charleroi resident,
who died last Friday in Preston Memorial hospital at Kingwood. She had
been ill six months.
Mrs. Ross was a member of the Order of Eastern
Star of Morgantown, W. Va., the Baptist Church of Kingwood, and the
Mon Valley Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Surviving are her husband, C. B. Ross;
one son, Willis H. of Kingwood; two grandchildren amd three great-granddaughters:
two brothers, Orange Crow of Uniontown, and Eugene Crow of Canonsburg,
and several nieces and nephews in the Valley area.
Funeral service was held this afternoon at
Preston Memorial Park in Kingwood.

MISS ANNA SEDLAK Miss Anna Sedlak, 51, of Coal Center R. D., died
Aug. 29, 1957. at 7:15 p. m.. She was the daughter? of Andrew and Anna
Rebres Sedlak; born June 9, 1906, in Arnold City.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Anna Sedlak;
three brothers, John and George Sedlak, of Long Branch, and Paul
Sedlak, of: Washington, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Rabaci, of Pricedale,
and Mrs.. Helen Frazzitta, of Long Branch; and a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Andrew Sedlak, Jr., of Pricedale.

ALEXANDER G. STEEL (Valley Independent - April
, 1962)

Alexander G. Steel, 64, of Water St., Fayette City.
died yesterday at 10.35 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
He was born in Washington Twp., Fayette County.
on June 28, l897.
Surviving are his widow, Catherine; four daughters,
Mrs. Harry (Martha) Tiernan of Star Junction, Mrs. William (Mary Jane)
Klein of Hazel Park, Mich., Mrs., Lawrence (Jessie) Kirkpatrick of R. D.
1, Fayette City, and Mrs. Paul (Lena) Disclafani of Charleroi; nine granddaughters
and six great grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Agnes Farquhar
of Perryopolis.
Friends are being received at the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home in Fayette City.

MRS. ANNA M. STEPHENS (Valley Independent - April
13, 1962)
Mrs. Anna M. Stephens, 58, of Lowber, R. D. 1, Fayette City, died today
at 6:30, a.m. in
Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
She was born in Washington Twp., Fayette County, on May 12,
1903 and was a member of
the Little Redstone Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are her husband, Allen; two sons, Allen of Baltimore
Md., and Jack of Monessen;
five daughters, Mrs. Gerald (Ruth) Moore of Spring Run, Pa.,
Mrs. Alfred (Isabell) Chalfant
of Grindstone, R. D., Mrs. William H.. (Florence) Pope of Windsor,
N.Y., and Bessie and
Beatrice at home; fifteen grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home in
Fayette City.

CLYDE E. SPHAR (Valley Independent - April
1962)
Clyde E. Sphar. 76, of Fallowfield Twp., Charleroi,
R. D. 2, died at 8:55 p.m. yesterday in his home.
Mr. Sphar was born August 28, 1885, in Fallowfield
Twp., a son of the late Jacob and Rhoda Alberta Winnett Sphar.
He was a member of the Church of Christ at
Lover.
Surviving are his wife, Rachel Casteel Sphar; three
sons, David H. and Howard A., both of Charleroi R. D., and Walter C. of
Finleyville R. D.; one daughter, Mrs. Edwin (Alberta) Hout of Elrama;
one brother, Tarn D. of Grindstone; one sister, Mrs. Norman Gumbert of
Charleroi R. D.; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Friends are being received al the Harold L. Schrock
Funeral home in Charleroi.

MISS PEARL SPHAR Miss Pearl Sphar, 72, of Speers Borough, died
in the Charleroi - Monessen hospital, May 22, 1954, at 9:45 a. m.
Miss Sphar was born in Speers the daughter of William
G. and Ruth Gregg Sphar, and was a member of the Methodist of Charleroi.
She is survived by two brothers, George H. Sphar
of Speers and Robert G. Sphar of Monessen, and three nephews.

Celia McKee Stephens Celia McKee Stephens, 91. formerly of Crest
Ave., Charleroi, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold
Solvsberg, 2537 Eastwood Ave., Evanston, Ill.
The deceased was born Aug. 15. 1872,
In Allen Twp., Washington County, the daughter of Susan Sphar and
Ephraim McKee.
She was a member of the First
Methodist Church and the W.S.C.S., Charleroi, amd the Monongahela
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Clarence C. Stephens, in 1953
Surviving are two sons, Dwight
C. Stephens of Latrobe and Edgar A. Stephens of Chicago, Ill., and four
daughters; Mrs. Logan (Margaret) Hall, Indianapolis:,
amd: Mrs.. Harold (Ann) Solvsberg. Evanston. Ill.; Mrs. Ralph (Elizabeth)
Manon, Latrobe; and Mrs. Carroll (Dorothy) Updike, Bethel Park-.
She has been removed to the Harold
L. Schrock Funeral Home in Charleroi. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.

Dorothy Sutherland Mrs Dorothy Sutherland, 63, of Twilight Borough,
Charleroi RD 1, died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Saturday, May 1,
at 3:40 p. m. after an illness of two weeks. She was born in Allen Township
Aug. 17, 1890, and had lived in Washington County all her life. She was
a member of the Ebenezer Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband,
Ralph Sutherland; one son, Ralph Jr., at home; two brothers, Leslie, of
Long Branch and Jay Vernon Riggs, of California; four sisters, Mrs. Elmer
Binkney, of Roscoe, Mrs. Louis C. Mason, of West Brownsville, Mrs. James
Cunningham, of Vandergrift, and Mrs. Alonzo Cozard, of Brownsville.

Hazel H. Tippins Hazel H. TIppins of Allenport died yesterday
at 10 a.m. in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital at the age of 58.
Born In Elco on April 12, 1917, she was a
daughter of the late Alson A. and Agnes B. Little Roy.
Her husband, Louis Tippins, preceded her In
death In 1948.
Surviving are one son, Thomas
A., at home; three daughters, Mrs. John (Connie) Schaum and Mrs.
Wayne (Janet) Farquhar, both of Allenport, and Tamy Tippins, at home;
her stepmother, Mrs. Jean Roy of Elco; two brothers, Alson
Roy of Fayette City and James Roy of Elco, and eight grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Ed Melenyzer
Funeral Home Inc., Roscoe; from 7 to 9. p.m.. today andfrom 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.

RUSSELL TIPPINS Russell Tippins of the National Pike, Brownsville,
formerly of Allenport, died this morning at about 7:30 a. m., of a heart
attack.
He is suvived by two sons, Howard of Merrittstown,
Russell, Jr., of Eustis, Florida, one daughter, Mrs. Dan Sheehan of Washington,
Pa., a brother, Thomas Tippins of Allenport, and three sisters, Mrs. George
Barnett of Charleroi, Mrs. James Burden of Orlando, Florida and Mrs. John
G Wolfe of Maple View, and five grandchildren.

Russell H. Thomas Russell H. Thomas, 57, of 800 York street,
Brownsville, formerly of Charleroi, died suddenly of a heart attack, Saturday,
February 25, 1956, at 10 p.m.
Mr. Thomas, who was dead on arrival at the
Brownsville hospital, was Lock Five tender for thirty-five years, and was
a member of the Hillard Fire Company and the Roscoe Methodist church.
He is survived by his wife, Goldie
K. Thomas, three sons, Robert W. of Chicago, Illinois, Alfred of McKeesport,
and Warren K. of Cleveland, Ohio, one brother, Willis B. of Clairton and
a sister, Mrs. Jean Murphy of Philadelphia.

Roy Thorpe Roy Thorpe, 79, owner and operator of
the Mon Valley Bus Co. before his retirement, died Monday night in McKeesport
Hospital.
Mr. Thorpe of 215 Fifth Ave., Elizabeth,
was born April 7, 1886 in Fayette City, a son of the late John S. and Phoebe
Mitchell Thorpe. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth
and formerly was an elder and trustee of the West Elizabeth Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors include his widow, Ruth Sickman
Thorpe; one son, John S. Thorpe of Natrona Heights; one daughter,
Mrs. Mary Lou Watts of Penn Hills; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Alter of Mt.
Lebanon, and Mrs. Martha Corson of Dormont; one brother, Earl S. Thorpe
of Dormont; and five grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Walter J.
Bierman Funeral Home in Elizabeth.

Walters, former D-H business manager Kenneth B. Walters of Jackson Street, Monongahela,
died Thursday, Jan.29, 1987, in his home.
Mr. Walters, who was 72, was a retired business
. manager of the former Daily Herald newspaper in Monongahela.
He was born Jan.. 8, 1915, in Speers, a son of the
late Charles L. and Mae S. Jackman Walters.
Mr. Walters retired in 1976 after 10 years of service
as business manager of The Daily Herald. Prior, to that, he had owned and
operated lunch counters in Connellsville, Charleroi and Monessen, and had
owned and operated Wimpy's Restaurant in Monongahela.
He was also employed as a Prudential insurance agent
for a period of 16 years.
Mr. Walters was a U.S. Army veteran of World War
II, serving as a first sergeant with the 305th Combat Engineering Battalion
of the U.S. Army's 80th Division.
He was active in Toastmasters' International.
Mr. Walters was a member of St. Anthony's Church,
Monongahela.
Surviving are his wife, Carmel DeSantis Waiters,
at home; two sons, Dennis Walters of Washington, Pa., and Randy Walters
of Chandler, Ariz.; and two granddaughters, Kelly Carmel Walters and Brynn
Elizabeth Walters, both of Chandler, Ariz.
Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Philip L. DeRienzo Funeral
Home, 216 Chess St., Monongahela.

Mrs (Clara Mae) Mayme Waugh, aged 67
years, widow of John Waugh, died Tuesday, December 28th, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Wardle, of Venetia.
Funeral services were held Friday from
Wrights Methodist Church, Venetia.
One son and four daughters survive;
Walter Waugh, Mrs. Rachel Wardle, Mrs. Lois Davis, Mrs. Alice Wardle
and Mrs. Dorothy Patrick; two brothers, Harry and Albert Devore
and two sisters, Mrs. Ada Fitch and Mrs Lou Ainsworth.

From The Bulletin Advertiser, Finleyville PA

Elizabeth Hayward West (Submitted by Helen
Bradt)
Death of Elizabeth West
This morning at eight o'clock at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Rider, in Parkinson Street, occurred the death
of Mrs. Elizabeth West, a well known and respected resident of this community.
Death followed a stroke of paralysis which the deceased suffered on April
10th. Since that time her condidtion has steadily grown worse until
the end this morning.
Mrs. West was born in Strafordshire,
England, in 1845 and came to this vicinity when but nine years of age,
where she has spent her entire life. At the death of her husband
seventeen years ago, she moved to Niagara Falls and resided there until
last September, when failing health caused her to give up her home
and she came to reside with her children.
She was joined in marriage in 1863 to
John West, a Civil war veteran and to this union were born 14 children,
eleven of whom survive, as follows: Charles, James, Harry, Mrs. C.
W. Anders, Mrs. John Krauser, of Niagara Falls; Mrs. T. L. Cowher of Youngstown,
Ohio; Mrs. J. P. Rider, this city; Oscar, of Carnegie; Mrs. James Jones,
Hazelwood; Earl of Denver, Col.; and Carl of New Kensington. There
are also 24 grandchildren. There is one brother James B. HAYWARD,
of this city and three half-brothers, Oscar, Charles and Harry HAYWARD,
of this city.
Deceased was a member of Wright's Methodist
Episcopal Church, of VENETIA and until her health prevented, was an active
and willing worker in her church. The news of her death comes as
a painful announcement to her host of friends in this city.
The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon
at 2:30 from the home of her daughter 415 Parkinson Street and will be
followed by interment in the Monongahela Cemetery.

Roberta Wilson

Roberta Wilson of 402 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi,
died Friday, March 27, 1987, in Mon Valley Hospital, Carroll Twp. She was
77.
Mrs. Wilson was born Jan. 3, 1910, in Charieroi,
a daughter of the late Robert and Hannah Hudspith Murray.
She was the last surviving member of the Murray
family.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of the First United
Methodist Church, Charleroi.
Surviving are her husband, George O. Wilson;
three sons, Robert Lynn Wilson and George Gordon Wilson, both of Speers,
and Vernon Wilson of Houston, Tex.; one daughter, Shirlee La Pointe, of
Los Gatos, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
There will be no public visitation.

Gertrude H. Wolfe

Gertrude H. Wolfe of Mapleview, Charleroi, died
Sunday, Jan. 15, 1989, in Mon Valley Hospital. She was 90.
Mrs. Wolfe was born Jan. 7, 1899, in Allenport,
a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Dale Tippins.
She was a member of the First United
Methodist Church of d Charleroi and the United Methodist Women
of the church.
Mrs. Wolfe was a member of the Athena Club
and was an honorary member of the Mon Valley Hospital Auxiliary.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her husband, John (Jud) Wolfe, on March 18, 1978; two brothers,
Russell and Thomas Tippins; and two sisters, Nelle Barnett and Emma Burden.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law,
John T. and Patricia Wolfe of Coal Center; five grandchildren, Thomas,
Christopher, Scott and John Wolfe, and Janice Folman; five great-grandchildren;
nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received Tuesday from 7 to
9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Schrock-Hogan Funeral
Home, Inc., 226 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi.

John G. Wolfe John G. (Jud) Wolfe, 131 Arlington Ave.,
Mapleview, Charleroi, died Saturday at 5:12 p.m. in Charleroi Division
of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 80.
Born May 18, 1897 in Allenport, he was the
son of the late John I. and Josephine Furnier Wolfe.
Mr. Wolfe was a chartered member and past
president 1950-51, of the Charleroi Lions Club.
He was a member of the First United
Methodist Church, United. Methodist Men, and the American Legion
Post. 22, all of Charleroi.
He was a veteran of World War I. Mr.
Wolfe was a retired paymaster for Pittsburgh Steel, Monessen
Plant.
Mr. Wolfe is Survived by his widow,
Gertrude Tippins Wolfe; one son, John T. Wolfe of Long Branch, and
five grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the Schrock-Hogan
Funeral Home, 226 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi today and tomorrow~ from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9p.m.

IRWIN WORRELL (Valley Independent - April 18, 1962)
Private funeral services were held this afternoon
in Pittsburgh for Irwin Worrell, 71, of Elco Hollow, who accidentally drowned
in the Monongahela River near Roscoe Sunday.
Mr. Worrell was born in Long Branch Oct. 12,
1890, the son of Irwin and Emma Hazelbaker Worrell. A retired
farmer, her was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother. He
is survived by several relatives.